Orihuela CF 2-1 Águilas FC
56’ – Ferrón, 0-1, 63′ – Hamza , 1 -1, 79′ – Florian , 2 -1
Second half goals from Hamza and Florian saw Orihuela come from behind, to move into the play off places in Second Federation Group 4, with a narrow victory against rivals Águilas FC on Saturday.
After a slow start to the season Sergi Guilló’s Orihuela have picked up the pace in recent weeks achieving 7 wins and 3 draws in their last 10 games. With 3 of their remaining six games against teams fighting relegation, confidence is high in the Scorpions squad, with all eyes now on securing one of those top six places.
It was Águilas that opened the scoring ten minutes into the second period when Francis Ferrón beat Aitor with a powerful shot from the edge of the box, the first goal conceded by Orihuela in the last 5 games, however, it then took just three minutes for the home side to react, with Hamza dribbling past 2 defenders to score from a narrow angle.
At this stage Orihuela were more ambitious and after a goal by García Padilla was disallowed they hit their rivals with ten minutes remaining as Florian unleashed a volley that sent the Los Arcos crowd wild.
Hamza then came close to adding a third when he chipped a ball over the goalkeeper that went narrowly over the bar.
At the end of the game Sergi Guilló took his players around the pitch to salute the capacity crowd.
